Role of Footwork in TGM(cure for flipping)
 

I've been working with TGM thoughts and materials for approximately 5 years. I give Lynn, Ted, and others all the credit in the world for teaching me the flat left wrist and hitting concepts that drove me down to around a 5-6 handicap. However, I've never had that magical par round yet. I always had a problem with the occasional flip, which led to a leakage hook and the double bogey hole. Recently it finally dawned on me(I'm a bit slow) that when I slid my right heel(right handed) toward the ball to initiate the downswing, I no longer lost the bend in my right wrist. This improved footwork has dramatically improved my consistentcy, by getting my closer to the ball and allowing me to not run out of right arm.

This was an area I had never really focused on and for any of you out there still flipping, I would recommend reviewing this part of your swing.

If anybody wants to see the reference to foot action in the book, see 7-17. After reading this section, it was one of the breakthrough moments in developing my swing.

Not got the book in front of me ,but shouldn't that be a result rather than a motion ?

chicken or the egg
 

Love it! The chicken or the egg?:scratch:

How do you halt the backswing motion with the feet?

I can see the knees playing a big part in this which can affect how the feet respond.

I was more concerned with starting the downswing by moving the right heel.
I can see this being the result of the hip bump but that would mean the weight has moved on to the front of the right foot .
The heel should not be lifted-but pulled.

My feeling is that when the startdown is initiated this downward force puts pressure on both feet. Upper body weight on right foot, lower body weight on left. Feeling is more toward the heels due to the forces starting down not forward. I build my axis tilt into my set up so i don't feel I need much bump, although there is some.

This feels like some kind of gear effect much like that of starting one of those toys we used to call tops. Push down... and around begins. My right foot then just responds to the chain reaction.

Shut up fool.

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Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

Shut Up
 

Shut Up Fool.

P.S. Get a new keyboard!

LOL. I do not know the answer, but I do know that there was a time when I basically chipped with my feet. More for experimenting than to develop the stroke. I think it is a good experience that anyone should try at some point.

Focus on rhythmically loading and unloading your left and right feet (muscles). The action will proceed up through the skeleton and magially produce some fine chip shots. :golfer2:

Its downhill from there. In the sense that there is an analogy to downhill skiing. If you've ever taken anyone new to downhill on the slope for the first time they will use their feet like mad (in order to compensate for bad rhythm and balance) and spend the evening complaining about exhausted feet muscles.

The experienced skier is also using his feet muscles, but the action is more supportive than correctional so he will not overdo it. So he will not suffer from sore feet muscles at the end of the day.

The experienced golfer will use his feet muscles (or his feet) but will not notice as everything else is so rhythmig and synchronized that there is not need to force it.

I think exaggerated "feet force chipping" is a nice thing to try just to crate some understanding, although it is nothing that the gurus ever use or think of.

Now that I have made a fool of myself I'll revert to doing things that I know more about.

I'd look up Ed Strakers pointer if I needed to know some more at this time.

Foggy & Soggy
 

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when I slid my right heel(right handed) toward the ball to initiate the downswing, I no longer lost the bend in my right wrist. This improved footwork has dramatically improved my consistentcy, by getting my closer to the ball and allowing me to not run out of right arm.

It is foggy here in Ohio this morning. :eyes:

I see nothing in 7-17 that describes this.

Help!

UPP in soggy Ohio

Posting
 

What? No posts for over 24 hours! You OK on vacation! Damn- I'm envisioning you shaking and all sweaty- looking for the nearest computer and for just the right time when the misses needs to use the restroom!:pale: You don't look so good!

I still look better than you and I look just like Brad Pitt if it's REALLY dark.